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«My mother wanted me to be a lawyer and I wanted to be an Actor. So I went to school, majored in theatre, and said 'Mom, I have to choose my own destiny. I want to be an actor.' A couple of weeks after I graduated college I called my mother up and said 'Can I borrow $200?' and she said 'Why don't you act like you've got $200.'»
Author: Arsenio Hall | About: Acting, Careers, Parents
«My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more.»
«My mother used to pitch to me and my father would shag balls. If I hit one up the middle close to my mother, I'd have some extra chores to do. My mother was instrumental in making me a pull hitter.»
«Parents, however old they and we may grow to be, serve among other things to shield us from a sense of our doom. As long as they are around, we can avoid the fact of our mortality; we can still be innocent children.»
Author: Jane Howard | About: Children, Parents | Keywords: doom, mortality, shield
«Parenting is an awesome task. It is my job as a professional to be sure that mothers, fathers and entire families see it also as the most rewarding one they have ever undertaken.»
«Parenting is the most important job on the planet next to keeping Gary Busey off the nation's highways»
Author: Dennis Miller (Actor, Comedian) | About: Parents | Keywords: Gary, highways, parenting
«My parents didn't want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty and that's the law.»
«My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.»
Author: Michael Jordan (Basketball Player) | About: Heroism, Parents | Keywords: heroes
«Never raise your hand to your children ? it leaves your midsection unprotected»
«Parents are not interested in justice, they're interested in peace and quiet.»

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